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- Spotted Tail's wife
- Studio portrait (sitting) of Spotted Tail's wife and baby, Native American (Brulé Sioux) woman and child. She wears a dress and blanket shawl. The baby is wrapped in swaddling clothes and blankets.
- Brulé Indians--1870-1890.; Dakota Indians--1870-1890.; Indians of North America--1870-1890.; Infants--1870-1890.; Mothers & children--1870-1890.; Spotted Tail, 1823-1881--Family.
- [between 1875 and 1885]
- Chief Iron Tail, Indian women and children at Buffalo Bill's Wild West
- Postcard depicting drawing of Sioux Chief Iron Tail standing with a group of Sioux women and children. The woman in the center of the front row kneels on the ground. Chief Iron Tail was a leader among the Native Americans who participated in...
- Dakota Indians--1880-1900.; Indians of North America--1880-1900.; Wild west shows--1880-1920.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.; Iron Tail.; Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.
- [between 1885 and 1900?]
- Buffalo Bill and Sioux Chief Iron Tail
- William Frederick "Buffalo Bill" Cody stops on his horse in the right midground in a dirt arena during a rehearsal for Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show. Wearing a dark hat and a dark, striped suit, Cody talks with Sioux Chief Iron Tail, who stands in...
- Indians of North America--1900-1910.; Wild west shows--1880-1920.; Rehearsals--1900-1910.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.; Iron Tail.; Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.
- [1901?]
- William F. Cody and Sioux Chief Iron Tail
- William Frederick "Buffalo Bill" Cody stops on his horse in the right midground in a dirt arena during a rehearsal for Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show. Wearing a dark hat and a dark, striped suit, Cody talks with Sioux Chief Iron Tail, who stands in...
- Indians of North America--1900-1910.; Wild west shows--1880-1920.; Rehearsals--1900-1910.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.; Iron Tail.; Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.
- [1901?]
- Spotted Tail (Sin-te-ga-lis-ta) Chief of Brule Sioux
- Spotted Tail (Sinte Galeshka), his wife, and daughter, Native American (Brule Sioux) man and women, pose outdoors. Each person is wrapped in a blanket. Spotted Tail's daughter wears a hair pipe necklace and a dress decorated with teeth.
- Brulé Indians--1860-1880.; Dakota Indians--1860-1880.; Indians of North America--1860-1880.; Families--1860-1880.; Tribal chiefs--1860-1880.; Women--1860-1880.; Spotted Tail, 1823-1881--Family.; Spotted Tail, 1823-1881.
- [between 1869 and 1878]
- No Neck and family, Spotted Tail and family
- Sioux leader No Neck and his family sit with Spotted Tail and his family on a wood platform in a camp for Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show at Ambrose Park in Brooklyn, New York. No Neck sits in the left foreground wearing a feather headdress and...
- No Neck--Family.; Spotted Tail, 1823-1881--Family.; Wild west shows--1880-1920.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.; No Neck.; Spotted Tail, 1823-1881.; Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.
- [1894?]
- Stab, Bob Tail Bull, Yellow Wolf, Little Brave
- Portrait of Native American men (Arikara or Ricaree): (left to right) Stab, Bob Tail Bull, Yellow Wolf, and Little Brave (Little Soldier); costume includes a feather headdress, a fur hat, a uniform jacket with epaulets, leggings, moccasins, a...
- Arikara Indians--1870-1880.; Indians of North America--1870-1880.; Bob Tail Bull.; Little Brave.; Stab.; Yellow Wolf.
- 1876
- Gen. Crook ordaining Spotted Tail Chief of the Sioux, at Red Cloud Agency
- General George Crook stands next to Spotted Tail, he is proclaiming him Chief of all Sioux, Red Cloud Agency, Dakota Territory. Native American Sioux (Oglala) including chiefs Red Cloud and Red Leaf, stand with U. S. soldiers.
- United States. Army--1870-1880.; United States. Office of Indian Affairs. Red Cloud Agency--1870-1880.; Dakota Indians--Dakota Territory--1870-1880.; Indians of North America--Dakota Territory--1870-1880.; Oglala Indians--Dakota...
- 1876 October 24
- Spotted Tail's family
- Spotted Tail's wife and family, Native American (Sioux) woman, boys, girls, and baby pose outdoors, possibly at Pine Ridge Agency, South Dakota. Each person is wrapped in a blanket. The boys wear hair pipe chokers.
- Brulé Indians--1870-1890.; Dakota Indians--1870-1890.; Indians of North America--1870-1890.; Boys--1870-1890.; Families--1870-1890.; Infants--1870-1890.; Mothers & children--1870-1890.; Spotted Tail, 1823-1881--Family.
- [between 1875 and 1885]
- Spotted Tail's papoose
- Spotted Tail's baby in swaddling clothes and blankets. The baby is propped against a stump.
- Brulé Indians--1870-1890.; Dakota Indians--1870-1890.; Indians of North America--1870-1890.; Infants--1870-1890.; Spotted Tail, 1823-1881--Family.
- [between 1875 and 1885]
- Monument to Spotted Tail, Rosebud Agency, SD
- Detail view of the inscription on obelisk over the grave of Spotted Tail, a Native American, Brule Lakota Sioux, chief and diplomat, near the Rosebud Agency, South Dakota. It reads: "Spotted Tail, Chief Of The Sioux, Born - 1823, Died August 5,...
- United States. Office of Indian Affairs. Rosebud Agency--1930-1940.; Brulé Indians--Commemoration--South Dakota--Rosebud--1930-1940.; Indians of North America--Commemoration--South Dakota--Rosebud--1930-1940.; Teton Indians--Commemoration--South...
- [1936?]
- Scenes from the "Home and Funeral" of "Cheif [i. e. Chief] Iron Tail" whose face was used as a model for the Buffalo Nickel
- Photomontage of Iron Tail, a Native American (Sioux), his funeral, and related ceremonies that include a military honor guard and the Giveaway Ceremony.
- Dakota Indians--1910-1920.; Indians of North America--1910-1920.; Funeral rites & ceremonies--1910-1920.; Iron Tail.
- [between 1940 and 1960]
- No Neck, Yankton Charlie, Flat Iron, Spotted Tail, Standing Bear
- A group of Sioux leaders, including from left, No Neck, Yankton Charlie, Flat Iron, Spotted Tail and Standing Bear, is gathered on a wood platform in a camp for Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show at Ambrose Park in Brooklyn, New York. Both No Neck and...
- Wild west shows--1880-1920.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.; Flat Iron.; No Neck.; Spotted Tail, 1823-1881.; Standing Bear.; Yankton Charlie.; Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.; Dakota Indians.
- [1894?]
- Buffalo Bill with Sioux Chief Iron Tail
- William Frederick "Buffalo Bill" Cody stops on his horse in the left foreground in a dirt arena during a rehearsal of Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show. Cody is wearing a dark hat and a dark, striped suit. He talks to Sioux Chief Iron Tail, who stands...
- Indians of North America--1900-1910.; Wild west shows--1880-1920.; Rehearsals--1900-1910.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.; Iron Tail.; Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.
- [1901?]
- Sioux Chief Iron Tail with group of Native American women
- Sioux Chief Iron Tail stands in the center of the back row of a group of Native American women and children in a dirt arena for Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show. Iron Tail wears his hair in braids pinned up to form long loops. He also has a blanket...
- Indians of North America--Clothing & dress--1900-1910.; Indians of North America--Women--1900-1910.; Wild west shows--1880-1920.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.; Iron Tail.; Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.
- [1901?]
- Sioux Chief Iron Tail with group of Native American women
- Sioux Chief Iron Tail stands in the left center of the back row of a group of Native American women and children gathered in a dirt arena for Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show. Iron Tail wears his hair in braids that are pinned up to form long loops....
- Indians of North America--Clothing & dress--1900-1910.; Wild west shows--1880-1920.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.; Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.
- [1901?]
- Scalp ornament
- Native American (Sioux) scalp ornament made of rawhide and buckskin with red, white, and blue dyed porcupine quills, maroon dyed feathers, metal jinglers, and a green dyed, horse hair tail.
- Dakota Indians--Clothing & dress--1880-1900.; Indians of North America--Clothing & dress--1880-1900.; Headdress--1880-1900.
- [between 1880 and 1900]
- Underground drilling with machine drill
- A miner operates an air drill called a stoper or a "wiggle tail" in a gold mine in Gilpin County, Colorado, probably in the 1880s or 1890s. The miner stands on a drill steel wedged between the rock faces of the hanging wall and the foot wall. A...
- Gilpin County (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Drilling & boring machinery--1880-1900.; Gold miners--Colorado--Gilpin County--1880-1900.; Gold mining--Colorado--Gilpin County--1880-1900.
- [between 1935 and 1950?]
- Indian Chiefs
- Ten Native American chiefs who met with General Nelson Miles to stop the Indian War stand in a semi-circle in front of a teepee. Among the chiefs are Standing Bull, Bear Who Looks Back Running, Has the Big White Horse, White Tail, Liver Bear,...
- Indians of North America--Clothing & dress--1890-1900.; Wild west shows--1880-1920.; Tipis--1890-1900.; Tribal chiefs.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.; Miles, Nelson Appleton, 1839-1925.; Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.
- 1891
- Indian Chiefs
- Ten Native American chiefs who met with General Nelson Miles to stop the Indian War stand in a semi-circle in front of a teepee. Among the chiefs are Standing Bull, Bear Who Looks Back Running, Has the Big White Horse, White Tail, Liver Bear,...
- Indians of North America--Clothing & dress--1890-1900.; Wild west shows--1880-1920.; Tipis--1890-1900.; Tribal chiefs.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.; Miles, Nelson Appleton, 1839-1925.; Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.
- [1891?]
- Indian Chiefs
- Ten Native American chiefs who met with General Nelson Miles to stop the Indian War pose for a group portrait in front of a teepee. Among the chiefs are Standing Bull, Bear Who Looks Back Running, Has the Big White Horse, White Tail, Liver Bear,...
- Indians of North America--Clothing & dress--1890-1900.; Wild west shows--1880-1920.; Tipis--1890-1900.; Tribal chiefs.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.; Miles, Nelson Appleton, 1839-1925.; Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.
- [1891?]
- Rocky Bear, Chief
- Chief Rocky Bear of the Oglala Sioux poses for a half-length portrait while touring with Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show. He is wearing a feather headdress and a breast plate, possibly made of bones. He holds a beaded war club across his lap. Rocky...
- Dakota Indians--1880-1890.; Indians of North America--Clothing & dress--1880-1890.; Oglala Indians--1880-1890.; Wild west shows--1880-1920.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.; Rocky Bear.; Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.
- [1886?]
- Sioux
- A Sioux man, probably Chief Iron Tail, poses on horseback in a camp for Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show. He wears a feather headdress and holds a long spear adorned with feathers. He also wears a breastplate, possibly made from bone. A man stands in...
- Dakota Indians--Clothing & dress.; Wild west shows--1880-1920.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.; Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.
- 1899
- The Scriptbook
- Booklet created by The Script Club of East High School in Denver, Colorado. Members of The Script Club, the writing club of East High, submitted their own works for create this booklet. Included are poems, essays, sketches and stories written by...
- East High School (Denver, Colo.)--Students--Writings.; Public schools--Colorado--Denver.; High school students' writings--Colorado--Denver--Periodicals.; High schools--Colorado--Denver.; East High School (Denver, Colo.)
- 1932 May
- Municipal Facts: Volume 2 Number 3, 1919 March
- Chief Black Tail Deer
- An oil portrait (three quarters view) of Chief Black Tail Deer. He wears a necklace, red tunic and pendant. The rectangular painting is unframed.
- Indians of North America--1890-1900.; Black Tail Deer, Chief.
- [between 1890 and 1900]
- Crow Indian, Long Tail's wife Dancing costume 450 elk teeth.
- A Native American (Crow) woman, identified as the wife of Long Tail, poses in her dance costume, which consists of a blanket around her waist and a shirt decorated with 450 elk teeth. She also wears necklaces and bracelets.
- Crow Indians--1890-1910.; Indians of North America--1890-1910.; Long Tail, Crow Indian--Family.
- [between 1890 and 1910?]
- "Spotted Tail" a noted Indian Chief
- Sitting studio portrait of a Native American (Brulé Sioux) man, identified as Spotted Tail. He is wrapped in a large blanket, manta style, and wears moccasins, a shirt, a kerchief, and earrings. A hat is on the ground at his feet. He is noted for...
- Brulé Indians--1870-1880.; Dakota Indians--1870-1880.; Indians of North America--1870-1880.; Spotted Tail, 1823-1881.
- [1870 June 18]
- Cinti Maza (Iron Tail), my chief, Buffalo Bill Show
- Sitting portrait of a Native American (Oglala Sioux) man, identified as Sinte Maza (Iron Tail). He wears beaded leggings, a long sleeved shirt, a hair pipe breastplate, a kerchief, and a headdress. He traveled with Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show in...
- Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show--People--1880-1890.; Dakota Indians--1880-1890.; Indians of North America--1880-1890.; Oglala Indians--1880-1890.; Iron Tail.
- [between 1880 and 1890?]
- Chief Iron Tail
- Standing portrait of a Native American (Dakota) man, identified as Chief Iron Tail. He wears a dark long sleeved shirt, arm bands, a hair pipe breastplate, a kerchief, and braids.
- Dakota Indians--1880-1910.; Indians of North America--1880-1910.; Iron Tail.
- [between 1880 and 1910?]
- Spotted Tail, Sioux chief of 8000 (?)
- Sitting studio portrait of a Native American (Brule Sioux) man, identified as Spotted Tail. He holds a blanket in his lap and wears a plain jacket and earrings.
- Brulé Indians--1870-1880.; Dakota Indians--1870-1880.; Indians of North America--1870-1880.; Spotted Tail, 1823-1881.
- [between 1870 and 1880]
- Custer Battle, Little Big Horn at mouth of Big Horn, Medicine Tail Creek (look northeast to Custer's position) where Indians crossed the river to attack Custer, Crow scouts had come down to this point to inspect Indian camp, one of hills where...
- View of Medicine Tail Creek and the Little Bighorn River at the Little Bighorn Battlefield Monument, Montana, shows cattle and horses grazing and, in the distance, the hill where Lieutenant Colonel George A. Custer's fought against Native American...
- Cheyenne Indians--History--Montana--1930-1940.; Dakota Indians--History--Montana--1930-1940.; Indians of North America--History--Montana--1930-1940.; Little Bighorn Battlefield National Monument (Mont.)--1930-1940.; Little Bighorn River (Wyo. and...
- August 1936
- Spotted Tail's monument, Rosebud Agency, SD
- View of Native American, Brule Lakota Sioux, Chief Spotted Tail's obelisk and grave site, near the Rosebud Agency, South Dakota.
- United States. Office of Indian Affairs. Rosebud Agency--1930-1940.; Brulé Indians--Commemoration--South Dakota--Rosebud--1930-1940.; Indians of North America--Commemoration--South Dakota--Rosebud--1930-1940.; Teton Indians--Commemoration--South...
- [1936?]
- Spotted Tail's monument in background, Chief of the Sioux, Rosebud Agency, SD
- View over the cemetery near the Rosebud Agency, South Dakota, show tombstones, fenced plots and the tall obelisk of Spotted Tail, a Native American (Brule Lakota Sioux) chief.
- United States. Office of Indian Affairs. Rosebud Agency--1930-1940.; Brulé Indians--Commemoration--South Dakota--Rosebud--1930-1940.; Indians of North America--Commemoration--South Dakota--Rosebud--1930-1940.; Teton Indians--Commemoration--South...
- [1936?]
- Spotted Tail
- Studio portrait (sitting) of Spotted Tail, a Native American (Brulé Sioux) chief. He holds a feather fan. He wears a blanket, a medal, and wrapped braids.
- Brulé Indians--1870-1880.; Dakota Indians--1870-1880.; Indians of North America--1870-1880.; Tribal chiefs--1870-1880.; Spotted Tail, 1823-1881.
- [ca. 1877]
- Spotted Tail
- Spotted Tail, a Native American (Brulé Sioux) man, he wears moccasins, leggings, and a blanket.
- Brulé Indians--1880-1890.; Dakota Indians--1880-1890.; Indians of North America--1880-1890.; Tribal chiefs--1880-1890.; Spotted Tail, 1823-1881.
- [between 1940 and 1960]
- Sintegaleska, Spotted Tail, Oglala Dakota 1.
- Studio portrait, 3/4 length, of Spotted Tail, Dakota Chief, wearing scarf, jacket and blanket.
- Indians of North America--Clothing & dress--1880-1890.; Spotted Tail, 1823-1881.; Dakota Indians.; Indians of North America--Portraits.
- [188-?]
- Spotted Tail, Dakota Chief, leaning on rock, full length
- Full length studio portrait of Spotted Tail, Dakota Chief, wrapped in blanket, standing next to rock.
- Indians of North America--Clothing & dress--1880-1890.; Spotted Tail, 1823-1881.; Dakota Indians.; Indians of North America--Portraits.
- [188-?]
- Spotted Tail, Dakota Chief, blanket wrapped around him, full length
- Studio portrait, 3/4 length, of Spotted Tail, Dakota Chief, standing, wrapped in a blanket.
- Indians of North America--Clothing & dress--1880-1890.; Spotted Tail, 1823-1881.; Dakota Indians.; Indians of North America--Portraits.
- [188-?]
- Spotted Tail, Dakota Chief, leaning on rock
- Photograph of a studio portrait, 3/4 length, of Spotted Tail, Dakota Chief, wrapped in blanket, standing next to rock.
- Indians of North America--Clothing & dress--1880-1890.; Spotted Tail, 1823-1881.; Dakota Indians.; Indians of North America--Portraits.
- [188-?]
- Spotted Tail, Dakota Chief, leaning on rock
- Studio portrait, 3/4 length, of Spotted Tail, Dakota Chief, wrapped in blanket, standing next to rock.
- Indians of North America--Clothing & dress--1880-1890.; Spotted Tail, 1823-1881.; Dakota Indians.; Indians of North America--Portraits.
- [188-?]
- Spotted Tail, Dakota Chief, with blanket, full length
- Studio portrait, 3/4 length, of Spotted Tail, Dakota Chief, standing, wrapped in blanket.
- Indians of North America--Clothing & dress--1880-1890.; Spotted Tail, 1823-1881.; Dakota Indians.; Indians of North America--Portraits.
- [188-?]
- Spotted Tail, Dakota Chief, leaning on rock, full length
- Full length studio portrait of Spotted Tail, Dakota Chief, wrapped in blanket, standing against rock.
- Indians of North America--Clothing & dress--1880-1890.; Spotted Tail, 1823-1881.; Dakota Indians.; Indians of North America--Portraits.
- [188-?]
- Spotted Tail, Dakota, standing, has blanket around him, 3/4 length
- Spotted Tail, Dakota, 3/4 length standing studio portrait with painted backdrop; unbraided hair, blanket wrapped around mid-torso.
- Dakota Indians--1880-1890.; Indians of North America--Portraits--1880-1890.; Indians of North America--Clothing & dress--1880-1890.; Spotted Tail, 1823-1881.
- [188?]
- Sioux Chief Iron Tail
- Sioux Chief Iron Tail stands in front of a teepee in a camp for Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show. He wears a feather headdress and a breastplate, possibly made from bone. He holds a long spear adorned with feathers in his left hand and holds his right...
- Dakota Indians--Clothing & dress--1900-1910.; Indians of North America--Clothing & dress--1900-1910.; Wild west shows--1880-1920.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.; Iron Tail.; Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.
- [1901?]
- Deputation of Sioux Indians, to the American Government, in charge of Capt. D. C. Poole
- Group portrait of two white and four Native American men, Front row seated, left to right: Quick Bear or Mato Ohanko (aka Fast Bear, Wozhazha Band of the Brulé), Spotted Tail (Brulé), Swift Bear, and Yellow Hand (Yellow Hair, Cheyenne) Back row...
- Brulé Indians--1870-1880.; Cheyenne Indians--1870-1880.; Dakota Indians--1870-1880.; Indian reservation police--1870-1880.; Indians of North America--1870-1880.; Quick Bear, 1827-1916.; Spotted Tail, 1823-1881.; Yellow Hand, 1850?-1876.; Gueru,...
- [1870 June 18]
- Sioux Indians
- Group portrait of four Native American (Sioux) men and one white man. Identification reads: "front: Sitting Bull, Swift Bear, Spotted Tail (Brulé ), rear: Julius Meyer, Red Cloud (Oglala)." Two of the men carry top hats.
- Brulé Indians--1870-1880.; Dakota Indians--1870-1880.; Indians of North America--1870-1880.; Oglala Indians--1870-1880.; Tribal chiefs--1870-1880.; Meyer, Julius, fl. 1850-1880.; Red Cloud, 1822-1909.; Sitting Bull, Oglala chief, 1840?-1877.;...
- [1875 May 13]
- First official investigation of Indian grievances, - visit of Secretary Schurz to the Spotted Tail Indian Agency, on the Rosebud River
- Shows Native American Sioux and white men, on or near the Spotted Tail Agency, Dakota Territory. They include: "The Secretary (of the Interior, Carl Schurz) addressing the Indians at the Grand Council held on August 29th," "Passing Indians with...
- Dakota Indians--Dakota Territory--1870-1880.; Indians of North America--Dakota Territory--1870-1880.; Dakota Territory--1870-1880.; Carts & wagons--Dakota Territory--1870-1880.; Eating & drinking--Dakota Territory--1870-1880.; Meetings--Dakota...
- [between 1940 and 1960?]
- Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show
- William F. Cody (Buffalo Bill) poses with his children, a boy and a girl, and Native American (Sioux) men and women in Penzance, Cornwall, England. The Sioux men wear beaded vests, hair pipe breast plates, and feathers in their hair. A Sioux woman...
- Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.--People--1900-1910.; Dakota Indians--England--Penzance--1900-1910.; Indians of North America--England--Penzance--1900-1910.; Penzance (England)--1900-1910.; Clothing & dress--England--Penzance--1900-1910.; Fathers &...
- 1904 May 30
- Montana--General Crook investing Spotted Tail with the command of the Dakota Indians
- General George Crook imparts Spotted Tail, a Native American (Brulé Sioux) man, with leadership of the Dakota Indians. Spectators look on.
- Brulé Indians--1870-1880.; Dakota Indians--1870-1880.; Indians of North America--1870-1880.; Meetings--1870-1880.
- [between 1940 and 1960]